Category Archives: Local News
State coronavirus death toll now includes infant
CHICAGO -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Saturday delivered some of the most unfortunate news of the coronavirus news cycle: a Cook County infant has passed away from COVID-19. The total death count rose to 4...
Mar 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
Murray Baker still a go
PEORIA, Ill. -- Many are working from home during the coronavirus crisis, but for the Illinois Department of Transportation, scheduled work on the Murray Baker Bridge will go on as planned. The $42.2 ...
Mar 28, 2020 Midwest Communications
President Trump exercises Defense Production Act
WASHINGTON -- After much pleading by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, President Donald Trump has invoked the Defense Production Act. In particular, he exercised the act because General Motors was not comp...
Mar 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
Bradley University student a positive COVID-19 case
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University officials reported late Friday a student studying abroad during spring semester has tested positive for the coronavirus. The student had not returned to campus since...
Mar 27, 2020
Tri-County area COVID-19 count at 12 after one new case announced
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City/County Health Department announced one new COVID-19 case Friday at the daily news conference. The new case is in Tazewell County. This brings the local total in the Tri-...
Mar 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
IDPH announces 488 new COVID-19 cases, eight more deaths
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 488 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including eight deaths. Approximately 86% of fatalities are among patients 6...
Mar 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
Civic Center had a great February; shows rescheduling
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Civic Center saw one of the facility's best months in February. General Manager Rik Edgar said there was an increase in revenue. "We were $300,000 ahead of our budget," Edga...
Mar 27, 2020 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
House passes $2.2T rescue package, rushes it to Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - Acting with exceptional resolve in an extraordinary time, the House rushed President Donald Trump a $2.2 trillion rescue package Friday, tossing a life preserver to a U.S. economy an...
Mar 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
Stocks move lower on Wall Street following a big 3-day rally
(AP) -- Stocks are moving lower on Wall Street as the market gives back some of the gains it piled up over the past three days. Major indexes are down more than 3% in morning trading Friday. The S&...
Mar 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
'Baby Shark' earworm reworked for the coronavirus outbreak
(AP) -- Sorry parents, 'Baby Shark' is making a comeback for a good cause. Pinkfong's "Baby Shark," that jingle earworm that every toddler seems to know, is being reworked to teach good hygiene to com...
Mar 27, 2020 (Pinkfong via AP)
